– Bryce Harper, Andrew McCutchen, Felix Hernandez and most everyone around Wrigley Field can’t wait – it’s their time, their year. All over the majors, from Cuba to Canada, expectations are ramped up.

– Spring training highlights: Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw, struck in the jaw by a line drive in last outing, is set to start against White Sox; Cubs’ Jon Lester, dealing with a ”dead arm,” to pitch in minor league game.

– LOS ANGELES – V. Stiviano, the woman whose recording led to the sale of Los Angeles Clippers, is to testify about gifts from ex-owner Donald Sterling. She’s accused of swindling $3.6 million in property.

– SAN ANTONIO – Jordan Spieth tops the field in the Texas Open, the first of two stops in Texas before the Masters. Phil Mickelson, winless since the 2013 British Open, is in the field.

– CARLSBAD, Calif. – Top-ranked Lydia Ko opens play in the Kia Classic, the final event before the first major championship of the LPGA Tour season.

– OAKLAND, Calif. – In a season full of record performances, the Golden State Warriors on Friday night can match the franchise record of 59 victories.

– HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – My Point Exactly, who hasn’t run in several months because of illness and injury, takes an unconventional path to Saturday’s Florida Derby.